The Dilemma

A guy who has lived all his life in comfort, Driving cars, sleeping in air conditioned rooms, Is sitting on a comfortable chair, in front of a Macbook, Jotting down his dilemma. Never needing to struggle for basics, Or give up on things that the heart wants, He now is at a juncture in life, …

Book Review : The Bet

Book: The Bet Author: Anton Chekhov Year: 1889 Anton Chekhov, although a playwright, was no lesser known for his short essays in which he descried a variety of spectrum. “The Bet” was a part of my grade 8 syllabus and since then, it’s been 12 years now, I’ve read it many times. That’s not saying much since it’s …

Travel: Day 6

The last day in Nainital. Today will not result into anything grand because we have to spend 7 hours sitting with 3 "inmates" in seats designed for 2 in a train that'll take us to Delhi. I've packed my Camera in the bag so there's not any chance of a random pic to adorn this …

Travel: Day 5

Today is totally ours. Although, technically speaking there are places which we could've been to, but we bunked it. For example, Ranikhet, which lies around 60-70 km away, was planned but after enquiry we found out that the route includes vomit inducing routes. So we gave it a miss. So today I did some personal reconnaissance …

Travel: Day 4

Nainital lived up to it's expectation. The internet did not. While I never bothered to check the temperature while booking tickets I thought about it just a week before leaving and it left me shocked! The internet result made me feel that it was naive of me to expect a nice cool climate just because it's …

The Common Man

I'm going to take a break from my travelogue and pen a few words about what is going wrong in my country these days. It's not that I don't have enough matter; I do. I'm just wondering if I should just come out and say it. Because it s happens that when I rant and crib …

Travel: Day 3

We found out that our henna dyed, moustachioed driver planned on financing his year long henna supply through us itself. The prices he had quoted yesterday for the sightseeing was around 2 times the regular fares. It was just another instance of my dad believing a smooth tongued rascal. My mother is sharp in these …

Fiction: Fuerlic Naats-2

"What the hell's wrong with this place?" "What's wrong?" "I leave for half a year and look what a dump you've made this out to be." "Naats. Don't start again with that shit, OK? You've been drinking like a swine in here since you were born. So don't get uppity here under my roof. These …

Travel: Day 2

The day started with the sputtering death of the cooler. Power cuts are normal out here. What was unexpected though was the fact that the lodge had no UPS system. It was 5 in the morning. The temperature in Haldwani was a comfortable 20but the dying cooler still robbed us off our sleep. We were met …

Book Review : Fever

Book: Fever Author: Robin Cook Year: 1982My first medical drama. Robin Cook is an American Physician and novelist known for his Medical thrillers.Charles Martel is a brilliant research scientist working on a new understanding of Cancer which, as Charles ardently believes, is being studied and remedied from the wrong approach. Now, not having the required science background did …